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January 13, 2026

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The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction no longer holds.
- Hannah Arendt


3 Birthdays Today

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Eduard von Bauernfeld   born on January 13, 1802.

Austrian dramatist

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William B. Davis   born on January 13, 1938.

Canadian Acting coach known for his portrayal of The Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files
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Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon   (1674 — 1762)

French poet and tragedian

7 Events
On This Day

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First Lady Jackie Kennedy brought Charles Collingwood and a CBS News television crew into the White House for an unprecedented look at the American presidential residence

It happened on January 13, 1962


Featuring: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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Bela Bartok's symphonic poem "Kossuth" premieres in Budapest

It happened on January 13, 1904


Featuring: Béla Bartók.

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1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband" premieres in London

It happened on January 13, 1895


Featuring: Oscar Wilde.

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John Walter publishes 1st issue of "The Times" of London

It happened on January 13, 1785


Featuring: John Walter.

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James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina

It happened on January 13, 1733


Featuring: James Edward Oglethorpe.

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Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter

It happened on January 13, 1610


Featuring: Galileo Galilei.

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The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

It happened on January 13, 1888


Featuring: Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, Gardiner Greene Hubbard.

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1 People Who
Passed On This Day

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Edmund Spenser   (1552 — 1599)

English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I

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